pecking
英 [pek]
美 [pɛk]
- vi. 啄食；扔石頭；吹毛求疵
- vt. 啄食；扔
- n. 許多；配克（容量單位，等於2加侖）；啄痕
- n. (Peck)人名；(東南亞國家華語)柏；(英、德、葡、匈、捷)佩克
英文詞源
- pecking (n.)
- verbal noun from peck (v.), late 14c. As a behavior among hens, pecking order (1928) translates German hackliste (T.J. Schjelderuo-Ebbe, 1922); transferred sense of "human hierarchy based on rank or status" is from 1955.
雙語例句
- 1. They both came from families fairly far down the social pecking order.
- 他們兩個都來自社會最底層的家庭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He knew his place in the pecking order.
- 他知道自己排老幾。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground.
- 一隻知更鳥在地上啄食麵包渣。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find.
- 時值冬季，麻雀啄食著能夠找到的任何東西。
來自辭典例句
- 5. She is pecking away at the keys of a typewriter.
- 她不停地敲打著打字機的鍵.
來自辭典例句